Mugwort

//ˈmʌɡwɜːt// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The plant Artemisia vulgaris, family Asteraceae, native to temperate Eurasia and north Africa, traditionally used medicinally. countable, uncountable

    "Mugwort is with good success put among other herbs that are boiled, for women to sit over the hot decoction to draw down their courses, to help the delivery of the birth and expel the afterbirth, as also for the obstructions and inflammations of the mother."

  2. 2
    any of several weedy composite plants of the genus Artemisia wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of several aromatic plants of the genus Artemisia native to Eurasia, Africa, and North America. countable, uncountable

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wormwood

Example

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"There is a large patch of mugwort along the back side of the parking lot."

Etymology

From Middle English mugwort, mugwyrt, mucgwurt, from Old English mucgwyrt, mucwyrt et al., from Proto-Germanic; probably corresponding to midge + wort. Cognate with regional Low German muggart, mugwurz.

Related phrases

Artemisia argyiArtemisia douglasianaArtemisia glacialisArtemisia indicaArtemisia japonicaArtemisia norvegicaArtemisia princeps - Japanese mugwort ()Artemisia stellerianaArtemisia verlotiorumCalifornia mugwortKorean mugwort ()native to western North America

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